Dance Stick

37017A

From: United States of America | Wyoming | Wind River Reservation

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 37017A
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Arapaho
Provenience United States of America | Wyoming | Wind River Reservation
Culture Area Great Plains Culture Area
Section American
Materials Wood | Hide | Quill | Hair | Pigment
Description

Wooden stick painted red and bent at one end and pointed at the other. Bent end shaped like an animal with brass tacks for eyes, hair attached with quill-wrapped twine. Skin strap tied to lower end.

Length 101.6 cm
Credit Line John Wanamaker Expedition, 1900; R. Stewart Culin, 1900

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